National minority issues

Members of the OSCE Mission-supported working group during a field visit to the elementary school Sečenji Ištvan, who are tasked with development of learning outcomes and curriculum for teaching Serbian as a second language, Subotica, 2 June 2017.

To better integrate national minorities into public life, the Mission empowers Serbia’s National Minority Councils to exercise their rights in the areas of official use of minority language, education, culture and media. At the same time, the Mission supports efforts to enhance the state language proficiency of national minority students. It also works to support state institutions in improving conditions and mechanisms for the integration of national minorities into the diverse Serbian society. In that endeavour, it works in close partnership with civil society organizations.

Highlights

In his first visit to east Serbia (Petrovac na Mlavi, Bor, Zaječar, Negotin and Požarevac), Deputy Head of the Mission, Michael Uyehara, held meetings with local municipal, political, academic, media and religious representatives.